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Subfamily
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Questinae
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.
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBEFFDB01A71519FE91F830" bold="true" box="[151,274,1907,1933]" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Same as genus
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBEFFDB00F4151EFD90F833" box="[452,531,1908,1934]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Questa</emphasis>
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(below).
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBEFFDB01F715FDFEB7F80C" bold="true" box="[199,308,1943,1969]" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Remarks</emphasis>
. It is now generally agreed that
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBEFFDB03AE15F2FD6EF80F" box="[670,749,1944,1970]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Questa</emphasis>
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belongs in the
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rather than as a stand-alone family (Read &amp; Fauchald 2020b). Based on molecular data by
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,
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Bleidorn
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(2009)
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, and Rousset
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. (2007), two species of
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBEFFDB00AA158AFE6AF847" box="[410,489,2016,2042]" italics="true" pageId="108" pageNumber="109">Questa</emphasis>
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formed a separate clade within the
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. While the serrated and/or camerated capillaries and furcate setae are similar to those found in other species of
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,
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA055312FDFB31FF0C" box="[1123,1202,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa</emphasis>
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species have unique setal and reproductive characteristics that differ from other orbiniids. The reproductive characteristics of
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA047D12D1FA1FFF68" box="[1357,1436,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa</emphasis>
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have been shown to exhibit similarity to oligochaetes in being sexually dimorphic with males having distinct cuplike dorsal folds believed to serve as male copulatory organs and females with seminal receptacles and similar gland-like epidermal areas similar to a clitellum (
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;
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Giere
<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA0533134DFBB5FEFC" box="[1027,1078,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
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). However, the bidentate hooks or crotchets found in all species of
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA03551321FD37FED8" box="[613,692,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa</emphasis>
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are similar to those of some deep-sea species of
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, genus
<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA01A71305FE81FE35" box="[151,258,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Levinseni</emphasis>
a. At present
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA00AA1305FE6AFE34" box="[410,489,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa</emphasis>
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species are not assigned to either of the two orbiniid subfamilies. Based on unique morphology and supported by molecular data, I propose that Hartmans family
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be revalidated as a sub- family within the
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.
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Genus
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA01DE1049FEC0FD80" bold="true" box="[238,323,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="54DB9E98FFBFFFDA01A7100DFF4FFDC2" box="[151,204,615,639]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Type</typeStatus>
species
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:
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA001A1002FE7BFDC2" box="[298,504,615,639]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa caudicirrata</emphasis>
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, by monotypy.
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA01A710C7FE89FD7A" bold="true" box="[151,266,685,711]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. (Emended) Body elongate, threadlike, up to
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long with 4565 setigerous segments; body segments cylindrical in cross section; setigerous segments with 23 intersegmental annulations in anterior setigers, up to
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middle segments, decreasing posteriorly. Prostomium conical, tapering to narrow rounded tip; nuchal organs paired slits on posterior lateral margins. Peristomium typically with 23 asetigerous rings, with dorsal surfaces smooth, entire; ventrally forming anterior and posterior lips of mouth. Thoracic and abdominal regions only vaguely identified by shorter, wider segments anteriorly and longer, narrower segments posteriorly. Paired branchiae present dorsally in posterior segments or entirely absent. All parapodia biramous, composed of low mounds bearing noto- and neurosetae; setae serrated or weakly camerated capillaries and bidentate hooks with geniculate shafts in both rami; furcate setae present or absent in notopodia. Pygidium with 0, 2, or 4 anal cirri. In mature males segments 1314 (15) with elevated cup-like or slit-like dorsal fold. Mature females of almost all species with more-or- less papillated glandular epidermis in anterior segments. Extension and shape of papillation on females species-specific, but also depending on stage of maturity. Egg region (mostly segments 1213) of mature females slightly swollen due to formation of 23 large eggs.
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA01F716EBFEB7FB26" bold="true" box="[199,308,1153,1179]" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Remarks</emphasis>
. In addition to the external morphology highlighted in the Diagnosis, species of
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA05E216E8FAA2FB21" box="[1234,1313,1154,1180]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa</emphasis>
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have been discovered to have reproductive morphology that bears some similarity to that of oligochaetes. Both sexes have gonads limited to a few anterior segments that exhibit external genitalia (
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). Females have a glandular epidermis on a few anterior segments that resembles the clitellum of oligochaetes (
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). The males have sperm sacs in segments 1012 that connect to gonopores opening externally into an inflated dorsal fold on setiger 13 that is an unusual cup-like structure.
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Reproductive behavior has not been observed, but
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, working with
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, hypothesized that males attach their cup-like dorsal fold to the spermathecal segments of females. The worms would then separate after the spermathecae are filled. Afterwards, the female would secrete a cocoon containing fertilized eggs. A cocoon of
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found and cultured by
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contained a single embryo that hatched with seven setigers after a month. The juvenile was identified as
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA025D1780FC7AF9BE" box="[877,1017,1513,1540]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Q. trifurcata</emphasis>
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due to the setae, which in addition to the capillaries and characteristic hooks included a furcate seta.
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Ten species of
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<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA00421458FE42F9F1" box="[370,449,1586,1612]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">Questa</emphasis>
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are known globally; a single species,
<emphasis id="B914FC28FFBFFFDA02451458FB8AF9F6" box="[885,1033,1585,1612]" italics="true" pageId="109" pageNumber="110">
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,
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occurs along the eastern
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from
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to
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(Hobson 1970;
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;
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). This species was collected on Georges Bank during the benthic monitoring program performed for MMS in the 1980s. The specimens recorded here constitute a range extension of the species from nearshore intertidal and subtidal depths to the outer continental shelf.
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